Specialty Gardening: Mimosa Bonsai?, 0 by rosewynd

rosewynd wrote:
This mimosa was given to us as a landscape tree. In 2005 it was chewed off by the dogs and left for dead and ignored. No water for over a year, save for the rain. Late last year I noticed it started to break bud everywhere. The foliage that did start to grow was killed off by the winter freeze, since it had not yet had a chance to harden off. Late this winter it was not more than a trunk. Again this spring it started to grow and is recieving some care.

Today I decided to see what lay beneath the soil line. Was I surprised to see the base.

It is 4" across the base at the current soil line. 3"+ across the trunk just above the base. It is currently 12" tall, from the soil line. However the top 4" is dead wood. The highest sign of life is on the side of the top chewed branch. The top is dead from that point up.

Not bonsai yet, but on it's way.

This message was edited Apr 21, 2007 2:59 PM